Bristol Medical School live online short courses

Bristol Medical School offer a comprehensive programme of live online short courses, run by subject experts.

All courses grant continued access to the course materials and recordings for 5 months after the course. Our programme is based on the academic year, with courses running from November through to July. 

Bookings for the 2026/27 short course programme open midday Wednesday 7 October 2026.

From midday on Wednesday 23 September 2026 you will be able to register/re-register a short course booking account.

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Explore the 2026/27 short course programme

Courses are listed in order of date with those closed to bookings at the end of the table.

Course title Dates Topic
Introduction to Medical 3D Printing *NEW pilot, University of Bristol Staff and Postgraduate Researchers only 23 November 2026 Bioengineering; 3D Modelling; Image Processing;Show all
3D Printing in Congenital Heart Diseases *NEW pilot, University of Bristol Staff and Postgraduate Researchers only 24 November 2026 Bioengineering; 3D Modelling; Image Processing;Show all
Advanced Mendelian Randomization 25-27 November 2026 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Molecular Epidemiology;Show all
Knowledge Mobilisation in Research 30 November 2026 Medical Research Design and Management;Public and Professional Involvement in Research;Show all
Introduction to Stata 1-3 December 2026 Data Visualisation;Health Data Science;Informatics;Mathematical Modelling;Medical Statistics;Statistical Computing;Show all
Introduction to R 7-9 December 2026 Statistical Computing;Show all
Inclusivity within Research Processes 10 December 2026 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Randomised Trials;Qualitative Research;Show all
Co-Design, Co-Production and Participatory Action Research 11 January 2027 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Public and Professional Involvement in Research;Show all
Introduction to Research Governance 12-13 January 2027 Ethics Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Randomised Trials;Show all
Reproducible Health Data Science 21-22 and 25-26 January 2027 Data Visualisation;Health Data Science;Statistical Computing;Medical Research Design and Management;Informatics;Show all
Genetic Epidemiology 27-29 January and 1-3 February 2027 Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Molecular Epidemiology;Statistical Computing;Causal Inference;Health Data Science;Multiomic Data;Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Informatics;Mathematical Modelling;Show all
Introduction to Statistics 4-5 and 8-9 February 2027 Data Visualisation;Medical Statistics;Show all
R for Health Data Science *NEW pilot, University of Bristol Staff and Postgraduate Researchers only 11-12 February 2027 Data Visualisation;Health Data Science;Statistical Computing;Show all
Introduction to Linear and Logistic Regression Models 22-26 February 2027 Medical Statistics;Show all
Introduction to Epidemiology 1-4 March 2027 Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Molecular Epidemiology;Randomised Trials;Show all
Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis 8-12 March 2027 Medical Statistics;Epidemiology;Randomised Trials;Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Health Data Science;Show all
Mendelian Randomization 15-19 March 2027 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Genetic Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Molecular Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Statistical Computing;Writing;Show all
Molecular Epidemiology 22-24 March 2027 Epidemiology;Causal Inference;Health Data Science;Molecular Epidemiology;Multiomic Data;Show all
Questionnaire Design, Application and Data Interpretation 13-15 April 2027 Outcome Measurement;Qualitative Research;Show all
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods 19-23 April 2027 Qualitative Research;Show all
Healthcare Systems Resilience: Analysing Failure, Driving Change, and Sustaining Improvement *NEW pilot, University of Bristol Staff and Postgraduate Researchers only 28-30 April 2027

Systems Resilience;Sustainable Systems Improvement;Healthcare Improvement;Complex Problem Analysis;Outcome Measurement;Causal Inference;Health Data Science;Health Economics;Show all
Introduction to Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Methods 4 May 2027 Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Qualitative Research;Show all
Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis 5-7 May 2027 Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all
Optimising Recruitment to Randomised Controlled Trials 10 May 2027 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all
Multiple Imputation for Missing Data 11-13 May 2027 Medical Statistics;Causal Inference;Show all
Designing and Conducting Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trials 17-21 May 2027 Causal Inference;Healthcare Improvement;Medical Research Design and Management;Randomised Trials;Show all
Further Survival Analysis 24-25 May 2027 Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all
Introduction to Economic Evaluation 26-28 May 2027 Appraisal and Synthesis of Research;Health Economics;Outcome Measurement;Randomised Trials;Qualitative Research;Show all
Intermediate Economic Evaluation Using R *NEW 10-11 June 2027 Health Economics;Mathematical Modelling;Show all
Introduction to Data Visualisation and Web Applications Using R 14-15 June 2027 Data Visualisation;Show all
Analysis of Repeated Measures 16-18 June 2027 Medical Statistics;Show all
Introduction to Protocol Writing 21 June 2027 Epidemiology;Ethics Research;Medical Research Design and Management;Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Writing;Show all
Machine Learning with Omics Data 22-24 June 2027 Health Data Science;Multiomic Data;Molecular Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Informatics;Epidemiology;Show all
Causal Inference in Epidemiology: Concepts and Methods 28 June - 2 July 2027 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Health Data Science;Medical Statistics;Show all
Applying Qualitative Research to Randomised Controlled Trials 5 July 2027 Qualitative Research;Randomised Trials;Show all
Statistical Methods for Mediation Analysis 6-8 July 2027 Causal Inference;Epidemiology;Medical Statistics;Show all